Upcoming Events

Work Day - Timberlane Floodplain Restoration | Phase One

When: Tuesday, August 11 | 5:30 - 7:00 PM

Where: 4230 Timberlane Drive, Columbia, SC

Who: You!

Join the Gills Creek Watershed Association as we take the first hands-on step in transforming a recently demolished, flood-damaged property back into a thriving, functioning floodplain!

For Phase One, we’ll be sheet-mulching the site by laying down cardboard and topping it with a thick layer of wood chips to suppress weeds and build healthy soil. We’re hosting this event in the evening so you can come lend a hand right after work. Drop in, and stay as long as you like!

This will likely be the first in a series of work days to complete Phase One, so if you can't make it Tuesday, stay tuned for more work days to be scheduled the following week.

What we provide: Cardboard, wood chips, tools, gloves, and guidance.

What to bring: Plenty of drinking water and, if you have them, extra pitchforks or shovels, and your fave pair of work gloves!

What to wear: Sturdy, close-toed shoes and clothes you don't mind getting dirty and sweaty.

What to expect: Uneven, loose soil that has just been graded by a skid steer. If walking over this type of terrain doesn't align with your ability, bring a folding chair and help us by removing tape and flattening cardboard. We can all contribute!

Where to park: Along the street beside the property. Just don't block the road!

Come roll up your sleeves, meet fellow neighbors, and have fun building a more resilient community and healthy watershed!

Details and Registration (not required) HERE

Join the City of Columbia's Climate Protection Action Committee for the Great Southeast Pollinator Census, a free, family-friendly citizen science event taking place on Friday, August 21, and/or Saturday, August 22.

Support our local pollinators while experiencing what it's like to be a citizen scientist. Participate on your own or bring the whole family…your observations will contribute to valuable pollinator research across the Southeast.

How it works:

• Choose a location.

• Observe for 15 minutes.

• Record the number of pollinators you see.

• Stay for one session or participate in multiple observations.

Friday, August 21

• 4 to 7 p.m., Saluda Riverwalk, 650 Candi Ln., Columbia, 29210

Saturday, August 22

• 8 to 11 a.m., Granby Park, 100 Catawba St., Columbia, 29201

• 8 to 11 a.m., Harbison Community Pollinator Garden, 106 Hillpine Rd., Columbia, 29212

• 9 a.m. to Noon, Belser Arboretum, 4080 Bloomwood Road, Columbia, 29205

• 4 to 6 p.m., Stormwater Studios, 413 Pendleton St., Columbia, 29201

• 5 to 6 p.m., Rosewood Community Orchard, 1381 Jim Hamilton Blvd., Columbia, 29205

• 6 to 8 p.m., Rosewood Community Orchard Potluck, All Great SE Pollinator Census participants are invited. Bring a dish to share and a folding chair.

What to bring: Comfortable clothing, walking shoes, hat and sunscreen, water bottle

Please join us for our next FREE educational event on September 12th from 10:00am - 12:00pm. Learn more about Columbia Green's Beat the Heat Plant a Tree program, and find out how you can get up to three free shade trees to plant on your property. 

Planting trees helps to improve health outcomes and relieve extreme heat in our urban communities. Trees will be delivered right to your door during our FALL planting season in mid OCTOBER. 

This event is open to property owners of residential and commercial properties, as well as renters who want to help to improve the beauty and sustainability of their residences and workplaces. Please join us--and bring your friends and neighbors! Click below to learn more and sign up.

Join Columbia Green for our annual meeting this fall! We invite our members, partners, grant awardees, and community stakeholders to attend this annual event to report on and celebrate our accomplishments. All are welcome!

Stay tuned!